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Surveillance is really getting under my skin

This is a great article on just how dangerous this RFID technology really is. Not that anyone who uses computers wouldn't already know how easy it would be to steal our personal information. It also takes a close look into the human implant chip. They made their own scanner and conducted a few experiments.

Here is a quip from the article:But it turns out that this futuristic device is rather unimpressive. It took Adam Laurie no time at all to pass a scanner over my arm, extract the information and clone the RFID.You can see the attraction of such gimmicks. The same instinct is busy consigning us all to centralised databases and promotes the use of number-recognition cameras to track our movements. In the face of the great threats of the modern world, our leaders have become mesmerised by the promise of total and inviolate security.But there is no such thing. Indeed, there is every reason to suppose that this technology and the huge centralised databases, with their multiple points of access, mean that we will become exposed to the very threats they seek to protect us from.The truth is that as soon as a piece of security technology is introduced, its existence inspires an equal ingenuity among those who wish to break it. Caught in the middle of this security arms race are you and me, seen as suspects by one side and as fair game by the other.· Henry Porter and Neil Ferguson's film, Suspect Nation, can be seen on More4 at 9pm tomorrowLink